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Republican Drops ICE Bomb on Trump on Fox News - Pondering Politics
Senator Rand Paul, a prominent Republican and chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, publicly criticized President Trump and ICE on Fox News, calling the federal agents' actions in the Alex Pretti shooting unjust and highlighting the lack of rules governing protests. He emphasized that the incident was a PR disaster for Trump, with growing bipartisan support for abolishing ICE—19% of Republicans now support it, up from 9% in June. Paul stressed the need for an independent investigation, warning that the Trump administration’s handling of the situation risks setting dangerous precedents for Second Amendment rights and could alienate voters ahead of the midterm elections. The backlash has intensified scrutiny on ICE’s immigration crackdown, which is now seen as politically damaging to Republicans.